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DESCRIPTION
MacUpdate Widget is a Dashboard widget that allows you to display the latest Mac OS X software releases on your desktop. Features include:
  • Customize the new releases feed based on specific category.
  • Track the Dashboard Widgets category to view all new widgets that get releases.
  • MacUpdate Members can have items in their watch list highlighted in green.
  • Multiple view formats.
  • Auto-hide drawer features with alert when new items are in the list.
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WHAT'S NEW
Version 2.0:
  • Search results appear inside of the widget instead of loading a web browser.
  • Complete user interface redesign
  • Ability to choose exactly what categories you want displayed in the new releases.
  • MacUpdate Members can have matching Watch List titles highlighted in green.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later, live internet connection.

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SCREENSHOT

Developer:MacUpdate
Downloads:50,644
  - Version d/l:16,394
Dashboard:Miscellaneous
License:Free
Date:26 Jul 2005
Platform:PPC
RATING
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    Nov 16 2006

    MAC COGNOSCENTI  When will a Intel only or universal binary version of this widget be made available?  
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    Nov 27 2006

    MUDFLAPPER  Do we have to worry about Intel/PPC with widgets? I thought they were just glorified web pages?  
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    Nov 27 2006

    MAC COGNOSCENTI  That may be, but why put it down as Platform : PPC if indeed it is not?  
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    Nov 12 2006

    IAMASWISSGUY  It's pretty well done. One suggestion is that there be a "popular" view so I can see what's being downloaded by other people.  
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    Sep 14 2008

    PSEUDOPROMETHEUS  I second this comment about adding a "popular" view! The popular page is the page I visit the most, so if this feature were to be put into the widget, I'd use it a lot more.

    Even without it, though, it's still a good widget. :)  
    (Version 2.0)

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    Mar 27 2006

    APPLECRYPT MODS  this not being updated anymore????

    Also needs updating with a couple of features i'd like: for one, perhaps only being able to view "free" programs rather tha shareware/etc/etc. I'd also like to increase the window size to my own prefered size. And what about just displaying the program name, with the description appearing when u hover the mouse over the name? :)

    Good widget tho - thanks MU :)  
    (Version 2.0)

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    Nov 6 2005

    NADEEMF  Fails to work if you don't have a ~/Library/Widgets  
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    Oct 20 2005

    ANONYMOUS  Can you possibly make the text smaller?

    It's hard to see now, but I think I can squint down to 20/30!  
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    Oct 15 2005

    TOMIS  Slick. A bit buggy, but I'm sure that will get worked out. Excellent interface design.  
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    Aug 31 2005
    ****½

    D9  Yes, this has gotten very buggy lately from endless scanning to an uncontrolable scroll bar. Still I love the overall UI and preferences  
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    Aug 22 2005

    JEFF  Worked fine at first, very usfull. Now it does nothing but search endlessly with no results. Tried reinstalling it. No dice, just an endlessly rotating icon, no listings. I wonder if something's wrong with the websight...  
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    Aug 4 2005

    ANONYMOUS  I'd love this if the window content would stop sliding up into the searchbar area... I can't get it to slide back down to see the actual content.  
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    Aug 4 2005

    JOEL MUELLER  Click on another widget, then click on the MacUpdate widget. It needs to be in the front to be active and showing.  
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    Oct 6 2005

    ANONYMOUS  doesnt work here...dont know why  
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    Aug 1 2005
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    ANONYMOUS  Yow, that is one poorly designed UI. I find myself having to actually wait for it to do really, really simple things. I'm not even talkin' about loading info. I'm talkin' like, click a button. And that scroll thumb... I'm supposed to be able to click that? You're kidding me. And I can't believe the window doesn't resize. It's like they were thinkin' "Jeez, users have it too easy these days. Let's jump back fifteen years, and design things like they did back then." Shocking.  
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    Aug 1 2005

    JOEL MUELLER  You might want to know that resizing windows in Dashboard have some big bugs right now. So much of your harsh review has to do with limitations to Dashboard's development abilities.  
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    Aug 4 2005

    ANONYMOUS  May I ask why you rated value and stability with 2 stars? Seems like not much thought was put into your 'review'. ;)   
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    Sep 23 2005

    SU  got a chuckle out of your review. thanks.  
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    Sep 30 2005

    ANONYMOUS  I agree... a little hard on the eyes  
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